Temple University Employees With Musculoskeletal Conditions Receive Physical Therapy to Treat Limitations Early

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Conditions studied: Musculoskeletal Diseases

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether seeing a physical therapist first compared with seeing a physician first is more clinically and cost effective in an occupational setting for acute musculoskeletal conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02272257

Run by

Temple University

People needed

150

Starts

2015-04-07

Expected to finish

2018-04-28

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Temple University Employees who speak English sufficiently to understand informed consent.
• Has a primary complaint that is potentially of neuro-musculoskeletal origin. This is defined by a primary complaint of pain, numbness, or decreased function due to symptoms within regions of spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand pain, pelvic/SI, hip, knee, or ankle pain, temporomandibular joint pain, or headaches. The complaint could be work related (workers compensation) or non-work related. This definition does not include abrasions, contusions, etc. that result in pain but do not affect the employee's function.
• Age greater than or equal to 18 years old.
• Employee's primary complaint began ≤3 months upon initial study screening. This could include a recent exacerbation (within ≤3 months onset) of a condition with a history of previous episodes. If the patient reports more than one complaint, all complaints will be addressed in the study with intervention that began within the ≤3 month timeframe.

You may not qualify if…

• Met with another medical provider for advice for the condition prior to study enrollment (including physical therapist, chiropractor, physician, surgeon, physician-assistant, or nurse, etc.).
• Medical history of surgery for a prior episode of complaint.
• Any major psychiatric disease in their past medical history.
• Red flags cannot be ruled out during the medical screening examination (e.g., cauda equina compression, inflammatory arthritis, malignancy, fracture, serious illness or comorbidity). Any musculoskeletal injuries that can be managed by a physical therapist will not be excluded (radiculopathy, potential ACL tear, peripheral nerve entrapments, etc.)

Where it is running

• Temple University Employee Health — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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